Santa Maria in Calanca

Santa Maria in Calanca
State :	Switzerland
Canton :	Graubünden (GR)
Region :	Moesa
BFS no. :	3810
Postal code :	6541
Coordinates :	731510  /  125009 coordinates: 46 ° 15 '49 "  N , 9 ° 8' 40"  O ; CH1903:  seven hundred thirty-one thousand five hundred ten  /  125009
Height :	955  m above sea level M.
Height range :	705–2641 m above sea level M.
Area :	9.31  km²
Residents:	109 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	12 inhabitants per km²
Website:	www.santamariaic.ch
Santa Maria in Calanca
Location of the municipality

Santa Maria in Calanca is a municipality in the Moesa region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland .

coat of arms

Blazon : In blue, standing on a silver (white) cloud band, the golden (yellow) S. Maria Assunta with crown and silver nimbus , accompanied by two golden stars

Talking coat of arms, referring to the name of the parish and the patronage of the parish church .

geography

Aerial photo (1953)

Sta. Maria in Calanca (also Santa Maria di Calanca ) is to Castaneda the second village of Calanca . It is located on a hill at the valley exit. The character of the village is shaped by Ticino. At the end of 2007, 107 people lived here.

Sta. Maria is one of the starting points of the Calanca high path.

history

The village was first mentioned in 1219 under the then name sancte Marie in Calanca . Old castle, called Torre Santa Maria by the valley dwellers . The tower is said to have been of Roman origin and one of the towers of the chain of posts on the old Roman road. From here the Roman administrator Bonasius 402 is said to have beaten and blown up the Goths who had penetrated over the Vogelberg (San Bernhardin) with the valley people at the Gola bridge .

population

Population development
year	1808	1850	1900	1950	2000	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Residents	207	206	163	202	111	109	117	113	110	102	110	110	112

Attractions

See also : List of Cultural Assets in Santa Maria in Calanca

• The parish and pilgrimage church of Santa Maria Assunta was mentioned for the first time in 1291
• The medieval tower of Sta. Maria in Calanca , called "Castello"
• Cup stone in the rock

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  Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta and former Franciscan monastery

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  Parish church of Santa Maria Assunta, view to the choir

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  View to the gallery

literature

• Simona Martinoli and others: Guida d'arte della Svizzera italiana. Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2007, pp. 515-517.
• Werner Meyer : Santa Maria in Calanca (castle). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . January 6, 2012 .
• Erwin Poeschel : The Art Monuments of the Canton of Graubünden, Volume VI: The Italian Graubünden valleys of Puschlav, Misox and Calanca. (= Art Monuments of Switzerland. Volume 17). Edited by the Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1945, ISBN 978-3-906131-55-9 .
• Balser Puorger : Santa Maria in Calanca In: Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Volume 6, Saint Gelin - Schaffer. , Attinger, Neuenburg 1921, p. 81 ( digitized version ), (accessed on March 7, 2018).
• Cesare Santi: Santa Maria in Calanca (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
• Various authors: Storia dei Grigioni. 3 volumes, Collana "Storia dei Grigioni", Edizioni Casagrande, Bellinzona 2000.

Web links

Commons : Santa Maria in Calanca  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Santa Maria in Calanca on the ETHorama platform
• Website of the municipality of Santa Maria in Calanca
• Federal inventory ISOS: Santa Maria in Calanca (PDF; 2.1 MB)
• Ticinoin photo: Santa Maria on www.flickr.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Permanent and non-permanent resident population by year, canton, district, municipality, population type and gender (permanent resident population). In: bfs. admin.ch . Federal Statistical Office (FSO), August 31, 2019, accessed on December 22, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Cesare Santi: Santa Maria in Calanca (municipality). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . 15th December 2016 .
3. ^ Catholic parish church of Santa Maria Assunta
4. ^ Church of Sta. Maria Assunta at ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
5. ↑ Torre di Santa Maria
6. ↑ "Castello" tower
7. ^ Castle of Sta. Maria in Calanca at ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
8. ^ Franco Binda, Locarno 2013, p. 115.